The traditional holiday yule log cake is a beautiful sight to behold
Easy Cake Roll filled and iced with ganache!
Of course you can use any filling and cake flavor you like!
If anyone has ever struggled with the vegan roulade cake I have an easy solution for you today!
Yes it’s the box cake hack! OMG How Dare You! But before you get your Bûche in a Bunch
If you have not yet tried my Box Cake Hack you must click through to that recipe and watch the video explanation as well!
Seriously this is the easiest way to roll up a vegan yule log cake with no cracking and no tears of frustration!
We all know vegan roulades are a literal pain in the rear!
Who has time to play around with cracking cakes and spilling fillings!? Not me!
This method will work with any Duncan Hines flavor you like! *not sponsored
Or use this scratch recipe for vegan roll cake by Sara Kidd!
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Notes for Success
You will only be using 4 cups of batter from the full box hack recipe
Four cups of batter goes into 1- 12″ x 18″ sheet pan
With the rest of the batter just bake into cupcakes or some extra layers for the freezer
But do not use all the batter for the roulade or your cake will definitely crack when rolling!
Bob’s Red Mill is my choice of egg replacer but honestly I have left it out altogether with no differences in the final result!
Yield: serves 16ppl
Easy Vegan Yule Log Cake
Prep Time
2 hours
Cook Time
20 minutes
Total Time
2 hours 20 minutes
Ingredients
Box Recipe~ YELLOW or WHITE CAKE:
- 1 Duncan Hines Cake Box Mix *see notes above!
- Vegetable Oil 1/3 cup
- Water 1 cup
- Plant Milk *I use soy milk 2/3 cup
- All Purpose Flour 1 cup
- Egg replacer 2 Tablespoons **see notes in text article!
- Baking Powder ½ teaspoon
- Granulated Sugar ½ cup
- Apple Sauce 2 Tablespoons
FOR CHOCOLATE BOX CAKE:
- 1 Duncan Hines Chocolate Cake Box Mix *see notes above!
- Vegetable Oil 1/3 cup
- Water 1 cup
- Plant Milk *I use soy milk 1 cup
- All Purpose Flour 1 cup
- Natural Cocoa Powder ¼ cup
- Egg replacer 2 Tablespoons **see notes in text article
- Baking Powder ½ teaspoon
- Granulated Sugar ½ cup
- Apple Sauce 2 Tablespoons
for the icing & filling
Instructions
- Grease & parchment line a 12″ x 18″ sheet pan & preheat the oven to 350°F
- The recipe ingredients listed above are the only ingredients you will need, you will NOT include any of the ingredients that the box instructions ask for.
- Mix all the additional dry ingredients including the sugar into the box cake mix in a large mixing bowl then add all the liquid ingredients including the applesauce.
- Mix on low to blend together evenly then mix on medium speed for 2 minutes.
- Pour ONLY 4 cups of the batter into the greased & parchment lined sheet pan and spread evenly
- bake in the preheated oven for approximately 20 minutes or until it is springy to the touch when you gently press the center.
- Or insert a toothpick to the center and if it comes out with moist crumbs, not raw batter it is ready!
- Cool cake completely before filling with ganache and rolling up.
- Prepare the ganache while the cake is baking and allow it to cool and set at room temperature
- Once the cake is cold and the ganache is to spreadable consistency you can spread half of the ganache over the entire cake (still in the pan!) then gently roll the cake while using the parchment liner as a guide for rolling.
- Refrigerate the rolled cake to set the filling then icing with remaining ganache
- Using a fork to make the pattern of tree bark
Notes
Yule Log Cake can be left at room temperature for up to 4 days wrapped loosely to prevent drying.
For longer storage refrigerate for up to 8 days or freeze wrapped well for up to 1 month
